Bathinda received the highest amount of rainfall (178 mm) in a single day in the last 20 years, according to data released by Punjab Agricultural University’s (PAU) agrometeorlogy department.

On the basis of the investigation by a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by DIG Ranbir Singh Khatra, three dera followers were named as accused in the case. Police have not been able to arrest any of the three.

In 2016, the employees were sitting on dharnas ahead of the 2017 Vidhan Sabha polls in Punjab as the then ruling SAD-BJP government had proposed to close the plant. Post elections, four units of Bathinda thermal and two units of Ropar were shut down.

Like in Bathinda, where a group of municipal corporation officials have come together to recycle their construction waste to make bricks, manhole covers, sidewalks and plant holders.

Sharing details about the arrest, Davinder Singh DSP City, said, "The family resides in Mehna Chowk and the couple was not in a cordial relationship. They also own a small readymade clothes shop in their ancestral house nearby, which is lying locked.